{"id":42814,"date":"2021-01-18T18:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efectis.com\/?p=42814"},"modified":"2024-07-31T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T13:00:40","slug":"fire-safety-review-of-student-accommodation-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efectis.com\/en\/fire-safety-review-of-student-accommodation-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire safety review of student accommodation buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>After the Grenfell tragedy, the risk of fire spread in high-rise buildings, i.e. higher than 18 m, have become a major concern. If the requirements of the Building Regulations along with the recommendations of Approved Document B are not met currently or at the time of construction, a rapid fire spread in a high-rise building \u2013 and consequently a tragedy \u2013 is likely.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-52051455\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Since the Grenfell fire, thousands of leaseholders living in buildings with dangerous cladding have been asked to find significant amounts of money to pay for them to be taken down.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remedial works to meet these requirements are expensive and time-consuming, which is a concern for property owners and management institutions. Having a UK accredited fire laboratory, Efectis provides the most efficient and practical solutions with respect to the above-mentioned concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several buildings across the UK, e.g. accommodation complexes, were inspected by Efectis in the course of 2020 with respect to a fire safety review of their facade systems. Thanks to our professional engineering team, we provided site inspection to check the facade systems and their substrates, non-exhaustive metric and visual surveys, reviewing the facade systems\u2019 fire performance and compliance with <strong>current UK regulations and the UK regulations at the time of construction<\/strong>, analysis of samples in Efectis testing facilities \u2013 i.e. reaction to fire classification based on the EN 13501 standard&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;providing potential technical modifications to meet the requirements of current UK regulations and MHCLG guidance, delivery of a survey report outlining the above and, if required, providing an EWS1 form in accordance with the requirements of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/facade_system.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/facade_system.png 602w, https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/facade_system-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/facade_system-180x119.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Contact: <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"mailto:uk@efectis.com\">uk@efectis.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Grenfell tragedy, the risk of fire spread in high-rise buildings, i.e. higher than 18 m, have become a major concern. If the requirements of the Building&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":42983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",2001,1333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment-250x150.jpg",250,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",2001,1333,false],"large":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment-1024x682.jpg",1024,682,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",2001,1333,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",300,200,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",400,266,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/efectis.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Student_appartment.jpg",600,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Monique","author_link":"https:\/\/efectis.com\/en\/author\/monique\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"After the Grenfell tragedy, the risk of fire spread in high-rise buildings, i.e. higher than 18 m, have become a major concern. 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